(21900) Orus
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Object
Object | (21900) Orus |
Diameter(1) | 59 km |
Dynamic class(1) | trojan |
Absolute magnitude | 10.09 |
G slop | 0.15 |
(1) Data from the johnston archive list.
Orbital elements
Epoch (Julian date) | 2459800.5 |
Semi major axis | 5.124205 ± 0.000000 au |
Eccentricity | 0.037837065 ± 0.000000020 |
Inclination | 8.468546894 ± 0.000000631 ° |
Longitude of ascending node | 258.554263 ± 0.000006 ° |
Argument of perihelia | 180.775313 ± 0.000020 ° |
Mean anomaly | 339.727457 ± 0.000022 ° |
Orbital period | 11.60 yr |
Ephemeris & Observations
Ephemeris version | NIMAv6 |
Observation file |
omc_ast_NIMAv6.txt |
bsp file | 21900_Orus_nima_v6.bsp |
Date of first observation | 1951-11-08 |
Date of last observation | 2022-07-16 |
Number of observations used in the fit | 3290 |
Number of rejected observations | 10 |
Number of DES observations | 14 |
Number of MPC observations | 2868 |
Number of unpublished observations | 298 |
RMS of observations | 0.103 arcsec |
Residuals

Residuals in right ascension and declination compared to NIMAv6 ephemeris.
Colours indicate the estimated precision in arcsec used as weights in the fitting process.
Orbit quality
date | σα (arcsec) | σδ (arcsec) |
2022-01 | 0.012 | 0.003 |
2022-07 | 0.014 | 0.002 |
2023-01 | 0.022 | 0.004 |
2023-07 | 0.019 | 0.004 |
2024-01 | 0.031 | 0.009 |
2024-07 | 0.022 | 0.008 |
2025-01 | 0.033 | 0.014 |
2025-07 | 0.025 | 0.011 |
2026-01 | 0.032 | 0.013 |
Ephemeris comparison

Difference between NIMAv6 and JPL37 in right ascension (weighted by cos δ) and in declination.
Gray area represents the 1-σ uncertainty of NIMA ephemeris. Green dots represent the DES observations.